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Chocolate historian, author, broadcaster, archivist. Formerly the archivist at Nestle.co.uk, but now archiving at YorkshireTea.co.uk Published: HarperCollins.co.uk Rep'd: knightayton.co.uk Trustee: yorkliteraturefestival.co.uk Or: alexthearchivist.com
Ah, you've picked the perfect location. Not too close to town, but not too far from St Helen's woods or the park. My primary school (Elphinstone) was just round the corner from Ore station. What's the literary scene like these days? Is it still thriving? When I was there it was chock full of poets.
Someone is tearing up a French manuscript from c.1637 and selling the pages on Etsy for scrapbooking.
As an archivist, this is giving me nightmares. Are there any French historians out there who can reassure me this is a worthless copy...?
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
Such a shame about the timing, but huge congratulations on both of those things! I grew up in Hastings in the 1990s and miss it terribly because it's wonderful. I'm envious of your move, but shall salve my envy with the enjoyment of going out and looking for your novel. Good luck with the move 🤞🏻
Now why don't they make these anymore?!?
It's hardly dropped any needles!
A three foot live fir tree (or is it a spruce?) which I got in a pot in Lidl at the end of November 2024. In the icy cold of my living room the tree has thrived. I've taken down the Christmas decorations, but left up a string of warm white lights. It is sitting on a box in front of a set of bookshelves which are home to the complete works of Charles Dickens, whose writing I love, but whose life I despair of.
Yes, my Christmas tree is still up. Thanks for asking.
Susanna Clarke is going to be at the York Literature Festival next month. I'm going to see her speak!
You can also use the 'pin' emoji. 📌
Two of my all-time favourite books!!! We're clearly soul mates. What are your feelings toward I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith?
Excellent! Thank you, I'm going to look up all of these.
If you need inspiration, these are some of the books which have kept me turning the pages with anticipation or fascination over the last few years:
app.thestorygraph.com/books/b5f945...
Paging #BOOKSKY
This is an open call for book recommendations so gripping I won't be able to think about anything else. Preferably books available both in print and on Audible.
I'll read anything, but I'm not keen on visceral suffering right now.
Life is throwing me lemons, please send lemonade.
We have a literary festival here in York @yorklitfest.bsky.social
If you would be so kind 🙏🏻
Radical publishing notion, right here: if your publishers are making a living from publishing and selling your books, then you, the author, should be making a living from writing them.
But you have to pronounce it like Timothy Dalton.
youtu.be/iYscVj9MMlE?...
The Painted Veil. The ending to the book was clumsy and made me wonder if the author had in fact ever met any women. The altered story in the film was heartbreaking, finely crafted, elegant.
Wishing you the biggest life and the best year in 2025 x
Always worth the trip. Don't know what I want? They'll curate a shortlist of bangers and show me to a chair.
"Whee! Magic Eee!"
